Daniel August

Swallowed A Star

2007-03-11

The former Gus Gus frontman stays in beautiful form on Swallowed A Star. With a voice that sounds like a cross between Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan and David Gray, Agust delivers rather catchy melodies atop of some fine electronically-tinged programming courtesy of Bix. Music-wise, think of Mark Bell's (of LFO on Warp Records) productions for Bjork and Depeche Mode. Combine the two (production and voice), and you have an album that is surprisingly fresh and worthy of another (many) listen (s), often times a rarity these days.

Quick Links:

More reviews tagged #Blues

  • reviewed 07/2012

    LIL' CLIFF & THE CLIFFHANGERS
    THE LOVIN' KIND

  • reviewed 11/2009

    SHELLEY KING
    Welcome Home

  • reviewed 01/2020

    MARK HUMMEL
    WAYBACK MACHINE

  • reviewed 01/2013

    REVEREND FREAKCHILD
    Chaos and Country Blues (The Best of Reverend Freakchild)

  • reviewed 05/2017

    Bobby G w/Curtis Grant Jr. & The Midnight Rockers
    Still Standing

  • reviewed 11/2013

    GRAND MARQUIS
    Blues and Trouble

Compiled by the WYCE Journalism Club

The opinions expressed in these reviews are those of the individual volunteers that submitted the article and do not necessarily reflect the views of WYCE or GRCMC; nor its staff, donors, or affiliates.